Microsoft has enacted widespread layoffs across its games division that includes around 200 job losses at King. As reported by Bloomberg, people “familiar with the plans” claimed the Candy Crush Saga ...

The global games industry is expected to make $188.9 billion in 2025, a 3.4% increase from the previous year. That's according to Newzoo's latest forecast, which marks a revision from its previous ...

The UK Government has launched a new £30 million Games Growth Package aimed at boosting the country’s games industry on the global stage. The scheme will provide £10 million annual over the next three ...

Record installs last year could also result in greater revenue for the genre overall as many solitaire games feature ads - meaning opportunities to earn outside of player spending. Speaking with game ...

Former Netflix Games VP Mike Verdu has formed a new AI startup called Playful.AI with Zynga founder Mark Pincus. Pincus and Verdu will act as co-CEOs, with a registry filing seen by PocketGamer.biz ...

FootAR was recently awardedPocketgamer.biz: What did winning "Best Application of the Year" at VRAR Expo China mean to you? David Olim: Being recognised in the XR space is a strong endorsement of what ...

Nintendo Switch 2 breaks records with 3.5m unit sales in four days Nintendo has officially confirmed that the Switch 2 surpassed 3.5 million unit sales in its first four days. This makes it the ...

PocketGamer.biz head of content Craig Chapple, news editor Aaron Astle, and our special guest Steel Media events content coordinator Charlie Scowen discuss the latest games industry news on the 56th ...

Social platform Root has raised $9 million in seed funding as it approaches closed beta with ambitions to become the next Discord. This investment round was led by Headline Ventures and Konvoy ...

Fortnite has gained 2.8 million new installs on the App Store since its return in the US. Epic Games ’ flagship battle royale arrived back on Apple’s store on May 21st, 2025 after an almost five-year ...

Of course, there was some risk in all this. We weren’t sure if the shift in focus would go over well with our target audience. But looking back now, we can safely say it worked. Players are diving ...

Guy Agiv is director of product design at Supersonic from Unity. In the competitive world of mobile gaming, many companies fall into the trap of overloading their games with popups, special offers, ...